Thursday, 11-27-08
The skies started out sunny but they didn't stay that way for long. A cold wind ushered in plenty of clouds and without the sun, it felt quite a bit colder out there. The high temperature for today was around 37-38 degrees.
Surface water temperatures remain right around the 34-35 degree mark. They really don't change much this time of the year when ice starts forming on the lake.
Our best depth did change a little bit from previous days. The bite was slow all day and that forced us to not only change baits often but also to experiment with different depths. What we found was that the fish appeared to have moved a bit deeper. Instead of catching most of our fish out of 21-23' of water we were now doing best in 25-33' of water.
We lost one giant sauger first thing in the morning that was just out of net range and after that, we struggled to get a consistent bite going the rest of the day. Picking one off here and there was just the way it was going to be today.
We ended the day with only five fish. Our best was a 25" plus saugeye. One other sauger went a bit over 22 inches and the other three were all between 18-19 inches long. Not a lot of fish but considering the size of the ones we did catch, not a bad day either.
